The Melodic Rock outfit PARIS has its origins in the French capital, but a short look at the album credits of the band's debut album illustrates that we are actually dealing with an international affair. The two main characters, Frédéric Dechavanne and Sébastien Montet, hail from France, the duo is responsible for the songwriting, the lead vocals, the guitars and the keyboards. The Italian delegation is represented by producer Alessandro Del Vecchio (Lionville, Hardline, Issa), the rhythm section Anna Portalupi (Mitch Malloy, Lionville, Hardline) on bass and Alessandro Mori (Mitch Malloy, Lionville, Axe) on drums. Guests are in-demand Swedish songwriter Robert Säll (Work Of Art, W.E.T.) on guitar and Steve Newman (Newman, Big Life) from the United Kingdom on backing vocals.
Frédéric and Sébastien grew up in the suburbs of Paris. They were already long-time friends when they discovered their common interest in AOR and Melodic Rock in the mid 80s. Later in High School they founded their first band and instantly started writing their own songs, inspired by some of the most successful acts of the genre, attending countless concerts of bands like Def Leppard or Bon Jovi in the late 80s. Until 2003 they kept on working on their own material, but life had other plans for the guys and their songwriting activities were put on hold for almost two decades.
In 2010 the two friends, who always kept in touch through the years, rediscovered the joy of making music together. New technologies paved the way for their revitalized musical collaboration with Frédéric now living in Germany, and they eventually recorded a demo album with 11 brand new songs in 2011.
Ready then to take the next step, they contacted Alessandro Del Vecchio. The internationally renowned producer took them under his wings and produced the songs, including a couple of jewels they had written 20 years ago. PARIS debut "Only One Life" was recorded with the help of an international line-up of studio musicians, resulting in a collection of truly catchy Melodic Rock tunes.
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